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Page 114
... Gina seems far removed indeed from Shaw's of another woman who begins , as Gina remains , unable to speak like a lady : Eliza Doolittle . But to judge characters by appearances is as dangerous in The Wild Duck as in Peer Gynt . It is ...
... Gina seems far removed indeed from Shaw's of another woman who begins , as Gina remains , unable to speak like a lady : Eliza Doolittle . But to judge characters by appearances is as dangerous in The Wild Duck as in Peer Gynt . It is ...
Page 115
... Gina's cosy unaesthetic accommodation with reality is , like the duck's Darwinian aspect , ironically prosaic ; but her capacity for affection can be deeply moving , especially by contrast with the men's endless talk about feeling . She ...
... Gina's cosy unaesthetic accommodation with reality is , like the duck's Darwinian aspect , ironically prosaic ; but her capacity for affection can be deeply moving , especially by contrast with the men's endless talk about feeling . She ...
Page 145
... Gina's explanation , which has the ring of truth , that her mother virtually forced her into bed with widower Werle despite his reputation for lechery , in the hope , presum- ably , that a lucrative marriage would follow . He does not ...
... Gina's explanation , which has the ring of truth , that her mother virtually forced her into bed with widower Werle despite his reputation for lechery , in the hope , presum- ably , that a lucrative marriage would follow . He does not ...
Contents
Journeys into Uncertainty | 23 |
The Vision Blurs | 71 |
All Hope Abandoned? | 104 |
Copyright | |
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Aline Aline's Allmers Alving Alving's ambivalence appears Archer Åse Åse's aspects Berta Sörby Borkman Boyg Brandes Brandes's Brovik castle characters Christian claims comedy comic context critics Dead Awaken Doll's House dramatic dream Emperor and Galilean Engstrand ethical father Georg Brandes Ghosts Gina Gina's Gregers Gregers's Guthke Haakon Werle Hedda Gabler Hedvig Helene Henrik Ibsen Herdal heroic Hilde's Hjalmar human humour imagination instance interpretation ironic irony John Gabriel Borkman judgement Kaja kind Little Eyolf Logeman Lysanger Manders marriage Master Builder metaphysical mock-heroic modern mother motif nature negative never Northam Norwegian Old Ekdal Oswald Peer Gynt Peer's perhaps play play's poet poetic possible psychological Ragnar reality reference Regine Relling Relling's ridiculous Rosmersholm Rubek scene seems seen sense social Solness and Hilde Solness's Solveig soul spiritual suggests tells theory tion tragedy tragic tragicomedy tragicomic Troll King truth ultimately vision Wangel Weigand Werle's Wild Duck woman